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package org.netbeans.modules.websvc.project.spi;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * SPI for {@link org.netbeans.modules.websvc.project.api.ServiceDescriptor} that is implemented by web service stack providersn. This contains
 * information about the location of the descriptor file that describes the web service The descriptor file may be deployed or a local project copy.
 * @see WebServiceFactory
 * @author mkuchtiak
 */
public interface ServiceDescriptorImplementation {

    /**
     * Returns the location of the deployed descriptor, if any.
     * @return URL of the deployed descriptor artifact or null.
     */
    URL getRuntimeLocation();

    /**
     * Returns the location of the descriptor in the project, if any. If this descriptor exists, the URI should be relative to the project
     * directory's location.
     * @return URI of the descriptor's location in the project or null.
     */
    URI getRelativeURI();
}
